The Leftist elites gave us another ominous sign that they're stepping up their campaign against the freedom of speech when Hillary Clinton tweeted Thursday: "For too long, tech platforms have amplified disinformation and extremism with no accountability. The EU is poised to do something about it. I urge our transatlantic allies to push the Digital Services Act across the finish line and bolster global democracy before it's too late." Apparently in order to "Bolster global democracy," we have to kill it and allow only opinions that the elites approve to be published and circulated.
So was Hillary peddling "Disinformation"? Not knowingly, perhaps, but neither she nor Barack Obama, who has likewise begun a campaign against the freedom of speech recently, have ever given any indication that they think "Disinformation" is any less worthy to be silenced if those who are spreading it sincerely believe that it is true.
Of course, that when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama decry "Disinformation," they don't mean false or inaccurate statements that they themselves or their allies have made.
The only "Disinformation" they have in mind is that which comes from their political opponents, and even if what those opponents say is entirely true, it will be classified as "Disinformation" and censored accordingly if Hillary and Obama and company decide that it is not expedient for the advancement of the Leftist narrative.
The new word for speech the Left wants to silence, as both Clinton's and Obama's recent statements make clear, is "Disinformation." It's a canny choice.
Nobody wants to see actual disinformation spreading and influencing the public discourse.
What if the real disinformation peddlers were the ones who are most loudly and insistently calling for censorship of what they consider to be disinformation? Then you'd be describing the state of affairs in our unhappy republic as of April 23, 2022.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/04/russia-hoaxer-hillary-decries-online-robert-spencer/
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